inveterate gambler

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• inveterate gambler — habitual gambler, person who is addicted to gambling …   English contemporary dictionary

• inveterate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a long standing and firmly established habit or activity: an inveterate gambler. 2) (of a feeling or habit) firmly established. DERIVATIVES inveteracy noun inveterately adverb. ORIGIN Latin inveteratus made old …   English terms dictionary

• inveterate — [[t]ɪnve̱tərət[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n If you describe someone as, for example, an inveterate liar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it. Anderson has a reputation as an inveterate gambler …   English dictionary

• inveterate — adjective 1) an inveterate gambler Syn: confirmed, hardened, incorrigible, addicted, habitual, compulsive, obsessive; informal pathological, chronic 2) an inveterate liberal Syn: staunch, steadfast, committed …   Thesaurus of popular words

• inveterate — inveterately, adv. inveterateness, n. /in vet euhr it/, adj. 1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler. 2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.;… …   Universalium

• inveterate — [ɪn vɛt(ə)rət] adjective having a long standing and firmly established habit or activity: he was an inveterate gambler. ↘(of a feeling or habit) firmly established. Derivatives inveteracy noun inveterately adverb Origin ME (referring to disease,… …   English new terms dictionary

• inveterate — in•vet•er•ate [[t]ɪnˈvɛt ər ɪt[/t]] adj. 1) confirmed in a habit, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler[/ex] 2) firmly established by long continuance, as a disease; chronic • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < L inveterātus, orig. ptp. of… …   From formal English to slang

• inveterate — /ɪnˈvɛtərət / (say in vetuhruht) adjective 1. confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler. 2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease or sore, a habit or practice (often bad), or a feeling (often… …  

• inveterate — adj. 1 (of a person) confirmed in an (esp. undesirable) habit etc. (an inveterate gambler). 2 a (of a habit etc.) long established. b (of an activity, esp. an undesirable one) habitual. Derivatives: inveteracy n. inveterately adv. Etymology: ME f …   Useful english dictionary

• gambler — n. a compulsive, inveterate; professional gambler * * * [ gæmblə] inveterate professional a compulsive …   Combinatory dictionary

• inveterate — adj. Inveterate is used with these nouns: ↑gambler, ↑traveller …   Collocations dictionary